CVE-2020-8251

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Sep 18, 2020
Updated: Apr 30, 2025
Reserved: Jan 28, 2020

Description

Node.js < 14.11.0 is vulnerable to HTTP denial of service (DoS) attacks based on delayed requests submission which can make the server unable to accept new connections.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

CWE-400 Denial of Service (CWE-400)

Affected Products

Product	Versions
NodeNodeJS	4.0 to before 4.Affected 5.0 to before 5.Affected 6.0 to before 6.Affected 7.0 to before 7.Affected 8.0 to before 8.Affected 9.0 to before 9.Affected 11.0 to before 11.Affected 13.0 to before 13.Affected 14.0 to before 14.11.0Affected

References

https://hackerone.com/reports/868834
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2020-security-releases/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0004/
FEDORA-2020-43d5a372fcvendor-advisory
GLSA-202101-07vendor-advisory

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